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To all of the white people apologizing for the past. Speak for yourself. Personally I myself did nothing to apologize for.

We saw what happened. Gareth didn’t. Gareth is not a serious person. He does not know the first thing about journalism. He and his fellow band of unserious pod bros will wither with the rest of the AfriMAGA gang who hitched their wagons to Trump’s dying star. Supernova.

The US is finding out that South Africa is not just another country that can be pushed around. They did not expect this push back at all.

South Africa all time XI Herschelle Gibbs Hashim Amla Jacques Kallis AB de Villiers Gary Kirsten Jonty Rhodes Lance Klusener Shaun Pollock Makhaya Ntini Allan Donald Imran Tahir

“We black people should all the time keep in mind that South Africa is our country and that all of it belongs to us"- Steve Biko.

The ANC's policies may be good, but do you trust its leaders to deliver those effectively? Khalid Sayed speaks about this, and more on our Democracy Unplugged recorded in Cape Town. Watch on our Podcast Party Youtube channel.

[WATCH] Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the reason some communities complain about water and other forms of service delivery is because the government cannot account for everyone who lives there. He says those who establish informal settlements or live in back rooms are not registered in the system. #Newzroom405

In 1952, an English teacher named Cecil Dormand secretly paid for a dirt-poor 11-year-old to take a drama course. He never told him and the boy didn’t find out until decades later. By then, he was a knight, that little boy’s name was Patrick Stewart. He was born into a poor family in Mirfield, a small mill town in Yorkshire and his father came home from World War II a violent man, and he was violent toward Patrick’s mother. Young Patrick learned exactly when to step between his father’s fist and his mother. An English teacher put a copy of Shakespeare in his hand and told him to get up and perform. He never stopped and left school at 15. By 19 he was completely bald... most agencies told him he'd never make it because of that. In 1987, the LA Times called him an “unknown British Shakespearean actor” when he was cast as Captain Picard. Then he became one of the most famous faces on Earth. You’ve probably heard that part. Here’s the part you haven’t: He spent decades as a patron of Refuge, sheltering women and children from domestic violence. But he never stopped trying to understand his father. He dug up a 1940 newspaper clipping that said his dad had come home with severe shell shock. He went to France and walked the ground where his father’s unit was pinned down under bombing for hours. He learned his father had PTSD, and nobody ever helped him. So Patrick became an ambassador for Combat Stress, a charity that helps veterans. In 2013, a young woman at a Texas convention told him she was a survivor of domestic violence. He asked, “My dear, are you okay?” Then he hopped off the stage, held her, and told her: “You never have to go through that again, you’re safe now.” At Dragon Con, a Make-A-Wish girl dressed as Spock came to meet him. 2,000 people were waiting for him to speak... he sat down and talked with her for 15 minutes, making all of them wait. He told her that since they were friends now, whenever she saw him on screen she could wave and say, “Hello Patrick.” After 9/11, he felt helpless, so he brought his one-man A Christmas Carol back to Broadway for a full week of charity shows. He played every character himself and donated every cent. In 2019 he did it again, and every dollar went to feeding hungry New Yorkers. In 2017, he fostered a pit bull named Ginger, who had been rescued from a dogfighting ring. She was his first dog in more than 50 years. He couldn’t bring her home to England, so he found her a family. Then he kept fostering more. When he said he was done with Star Trek so many people told him the show had gotten them through the hardest times of their lives. So he wanted to see if Picard could do it one more time. Rest in Peace, Sir Patrick 🖖

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